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Re: [world-cruising] boat shopping

From: Bryan Genez (no email)
Date: Sun Apr 08 2007 - 15:44:14 EDT

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    On 4/8/07, Peter Ogilvie <> wrote:
    >
    >
    > FWIW, in a roll over, almost no boat will keep it's rig. The forces on
    > the rig are too much for any boat to withstand. If the wire doesn't fail,
    > almost always the chain plates will pull out. Maybe a steel boat with
    > horrendously oversized wire and a telephone pole for a stick, ala
    > Moitessier, might make it. For the most part, that's not something we'd end
    > up finding on the used market.
    >

    There are three known incidents of Valiant 40s either rolling through 360
    degrees or pitchpoling. All three came upright with their rigs intact. :)

    -- 
    Best,
    Bryan Genez
    "Capella" V40-158
    New Bern, NC
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